DVD Video, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (orchestra)
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Life with Czech Music - Janacek & Martinu
RecommendedElisabeth Söderström (soprano), Drahomira Drobkova (contralto), Frantisek Livora (tenor), Richard Novak (bass), Jan Hora (organ), Kvetoslava Nemeckova (soprano), Leo Marian Vodicka (tenor), Vaclav Zitek (baritone), Josef Ruzicka (piano), Jan Bouse (timpani), Eva Urbanova (soprano), Bernarda Fink (contralto),...
Even the recording acoustic is warm, enough sometimes to curl the music’s edges and smudge away little details. But Mackerras’s handling of this repertoire is so fresh, so responsive to the folk-music... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Choral
4 CDs + DVD Video
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Smetana: The Bartered Bride
Gabriela Benacková, Peter Dvorský, Richard Novák, Miroslav Kopp, Marie Veselá, Jindrich Jindrák, Marie Mrázová, Jaroslav Horá?ek, Jana Jonášová & Alfréd Hampl
Prague Philharmonic Chorus & Czech Philharmonic, Zdenek Košler
Enjoy this for the superb performances of two great Slovak voices, Benackova and Dvorsky, superbly accompanied by Zdenek Kosler. — More…
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What is in fact performed here is the rarely heard original version… at its most striking in the Credo: its dramatic portrayal of the earthquake and storm unleashed at Jesus's death is realised... — More…
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The Velvet Revolution Concert
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor
Gabriela Benacková (soprano), Anne Gjevang (mezzo), Günther Neumann (tenor), Arthur Korn (bass)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Václav Neumann
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Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
Roberto Alagna (Roméo), Angela Gheorghiu (Juliette); Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, sung by Kühn’s Mixed Choir, Prague, Anton Guadagno (conductor) & Barbara Willis Sweete (director)
Romeo was Roberto Alagna’s finest role in the first half of his career, and the audio-visual documentation of his interpretation makes it entirely clear why he succeeded in winning over both... — More…
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It makes riveting viewing: tiny but important details are discussed, tempi are adjusted, phrasing is polished while Lloyd Webber appears reduced to wordless nodding as the avuncular Neumann coaxes,... — More…
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Karel Ancerl - My Country
Rare concert footage & Documentary
Henryk Szeryng (violin)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Karel Ancerl
Who is Karel Ancerl? Only his music-making can give us the answer. Urbane, modern, uncomplicated and entirely self-possessed, Karel Ancerl makes an unsatisfactorily self-effacing interviewee... — More…
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Dvorak: Cello Concerto & Piano Concerto
Rudolf Firkušný, Gustav Rivinius
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jirí Belohlávek, Václav Neumann
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